BIKEPGH MESSAGE BOARD ARCHIVE

An artist named Mark Dixon who used to live in PGH adapted this basic concept to a bicycle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4Z-B2luS8

Probably not exactly what you have in mind, but I hope you enjoy the thought of it

okay, how can we find a way to hook that up to my bike?

I'm going to have to learn to pedal at 33rpm.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Bike-Stereo/

Talk to nick / marko.

I'm actually planning to revise my stereo once I get the new tall bike done- Hopefully it will be done for the FOC ride on the 22.

How much sound are you looking for?

enough for me to hear it over the wind/traffic, but not so loud as to disturb people at night/early morning

I don't know how slow you ride, but I find that to be able to hear over wind, it has to be pretty loud.

With that said, the over the counter solutions would probably work fine for you:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/01/04/fashion/20090104-physical-slideshow_index.html

alright, cool. I ride pretty slow unless going downhills, that was where the wind concern came from.

Those off-the-shelf units look impressive and affordable. How do they hold up when caught in a summer thunderstorm, I wonder.

That first YouTube video... aaagghh, how to ruin an LP. However, if the kid had used a 78, like the trusty Victrola, it would have worked a lot better.

Carrying all that on a bike, though, might be difficult. A cylinder player would have been more compact.

@Nick: thanks for posting that NYT review. Interesting options there.

@Stu, if you like old audio devices (as I do), I hope you've made time for a visit to the Bayhernhof.

Technics (at least used to) make a turntable with a worm gear that kept the arm and stylus from skipping. I put one in a car before, so there is no reason you couldn't put it on a bike....

One of the models in the Times review mentioned compatibility with a microphone....which made me briefly entertain the thought of having a *&^%$ loud PA system on my bike for those drivers who need a shout back.

that would be awesome. or if I'm riding across a bridge on the sidewalk or on a trail, "ON YOUR LEFT" loud enough for the ipod zombies to hear.

Theres always the chris beech thick bikes solution - $5 pair of battery powered speakers and an ipod in a backpack.

OT: since this has wandered to the subject of vinyl disks (my fault), I have to add this gorgeous slide show a friend just sent of the last major vinyl record plant in Middlesex UK. A good 5 min time sink if you like old technology.

i tried the IPOD thing. Just dont strap the speakers to the handle bars. those speakers lasted me 3 commutes before they gave up.

I'm not sure why, but a PA bike just made me think "Karaokecycle". Elvis and Abba and Linda Ronstadt, top of my lungs, whole way down ARB, Butler, and Penn.

Fantastic.

there should be a weekly kareokecycle ride.